Title :
Improvement on chip-level electrothermal simulator-ILLIADS-T
Author :
Cheng, Yi-Kan ; Rosenbaum, Elyse ; Kang, Sung-Mo
Author_Institution :
Coordinated Sci. Lab., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, improvements on the previously developed chip-level electrothermal simulator, ILLIADS-T, are presented. The improved version (ILLIADS-T2) enhances the efficiency during uncoupled electrothermal simulations by taking advantage of the potential latency of circuit blocks. The generalized variable-grid system for numerically simulating heat flow in composite materials is also developed and presented
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; circuit analysis computing; finite difference methods; integrated circuit layout; integrated circuit reliability; temperature distribution; CMOS VLSI; ILLIADS-T; ILLIADS-T2; chip-level electrothermal simulator; circuit block latency; composite materials; efficiency enhancement; finite difference simulator; generalized variable-grid system; heat flow; numerical simulation; steady state temperature distribution; uncoupled electrothermal simulations; Circuit optimization; Circuit simulation; Composite materials; Computational modeling; Delay; Electrothermal effects; MOS devices; Power generation; Steady-state; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1996. ISCAS '96., Connecting the World., 1996 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3073-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1996.541994
